[ODFW-News] Grant will help Portland youth learn to fish

[ODFW News]

For Immediate Release Friday, March 24, 2006
 
Grant will help Portland youth learn to fish
 
PORTLAND - A grant from Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's Fish
Restoration and Enhancement program will help Portland kids learn to
fish this summer.
 
Children with University Park Recreation Center's after-school program
will participate in several fishing trips thanks to the $7,946 grant. 
 
"It can be difficult for youth to find fishing opportunities in an urban
area," said Laura Tesler, Restoration and Enhancement Program
Coordinator. "The program funded by this grant will introduce kids to
angling and help them understand and enjoy the outdoors," 
 
Created by the Oregon Legislature in 1989, the Fish Restoration and
Enhancement Program is funded by a surcharge on sport and commercial
fishing licenses and commercial poundage fees. The program's
seven-member citizen board reviews fish restoration and enhancement
project proposals and makes funding recommendations to the Oregon Fish
and Wildlife Commission. 
 
For more information on the Fish Restoration and Enhancement Program, or
to view information regarding current R&E Program applications, visit
www.dfw.state.or.us/fish/RE or contact program coordinator Laura Tesler
at (503) 947-6259.
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